Stories from: Clements Hall, York

 

A Will Story   

I shared an allotment with Shona; one afternoon we leaned on our spades and she said, “will you be my

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My Blessing   

I flew across the Atlantic to my father’s death bed. He was conscious for a few days, then not. I

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Returning Home   

My father died, the paramedics laid him out in bed. As ‘big’ sister I had to call my brother home

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Haiku After Funeral   

When I see her  I’ll say how great her funeral was –   it hasn’t sunk in 

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I Still Wonder    

My mother died in Somerset. We live in York. At the time all our children were in the middle of

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Transition States   

The soul is with the body for hours or even days after the last breath in a transition state. My

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Law Forbids   

My mother died in a care home in Fresno, CA, USA. The funeral director said because she was so dehydrated

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Itching to Write   

I am Jewish and have been brought up in the religion, though I am not at all religious. When my

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Children Do Mourn   

My grandfather died at home when I was three. He knew he was dying and had given my parents explicit

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